The
partial pressure (fugacity) of a solute (B) in a solution is directly proportional to the rational
chemical activity
(
)
of the solute; this relationship is called
Henry's law:
where
is the rational
solubilitycoefficient for infinite dilution, i.e. for pure solvent. For the solvent (A) the relationship
is called
Raoult's law, and the proportionality factor is the fugacity of the pure solvent,
:
Source:
PAC, 1984, 56, 567
(Physicochemical quantities and units in clinical chemistry with special emphasis
on activities and activity coefficients (Recommendations 1983))
on page 571
See also:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167
(Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990))
on page 2193
PAC, 1994, 66, 533
(Standard quantities in chemical thermodynamics. Fugacities, activities and equilibrium
constants for pure and mixed phases (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 544
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
